The Whitlams Blow Up The Pokies Official Video

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Blow up The Pokies released 1999, from the album Love This City. • Remixed 2017, for the 'Best of' album Truth Beauty and a Picture of You. • It's a strange fact that our only commercial hit is essentially a protest song. It was played all • around the country in 2000, and one regional network would back announce its title as 'I • Wish I' so as not to offend local sponsors. • After watching the local live music scene contract in the mid 90s due to poker machines, • and then seeing our founding member Andy Lewis succumb to their allure, I penned this • story of a musician playing the pokies where a few years before, at the same spot, he was • playing his instrument. • I had gambling on my mind because Andy, who didn't play in the band anymore, had just • made me a bookcase and delivered it to my house by bus. The pokies had • managed to make everything hard work for him. • After this album was released Andy ended his life after putting a week’s wages in the pokies. • I was in Canada on my way to remix this very song in Los Angeles. When I got to the studio • on Sunset Blvd I decided to sing it again as well as re-record the piano, to improve on the • album version. The next day when it was being mixed I sat in the piano room and wrote • “The Curse Stops Here”. • Words and music by Tim Freedman, Greta Gertler Gold • Produced and engineered by Daniel Denholm at Festival and 301 Studios, Sydney. • Mixed by Jack Joseph Puig at Oceanway Studio, L.A. • Vocal, piano - Tim Freedman • Guitar - Mark Punch • Chorus guitar - Ben Fink • Backing vocals - Lara Goodridge • Bass - Alex Hewitson • Drums - Terepai Richmond • Strings arranged and conducted by Daniel Denholm • Follow The Whitlams • Tour Dates - https://www.bandsintown.com/a/36685 • Website - https://thewhitlams.com/ • Facebook - / thewhitlamsofficial • Instagram - / thewhitlams.official • Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/2fczA... • Tour dates - https://thewhitlams.com/tour/ • Official merchandise - https://merchfan.co/collections/the-w... • #thewhitlams #whitlams #blowupthepokies #pokies • LYRICS • There was the stage, two red lights and a dodgy P.A. • You trod the planks way back then • And it's strange that you're here again, here again • And I wish I, wish I knew the right words • To make you feel better, walk out of this place • Defeat them in your secret battle • Show them you can be your own man again • Don't, don't explain • Lots of little victories take on the pain • It takes so long to earn • You can double up or you can burn, you can burn • And I wish I, wish I knew the right words • To make you feel better, walk out of this place • Defeat them in your secret battle • Show them you can be your own man again • And I wish I, wish I knew the right words • To blow up the pokies and drag them away • 'Cause they're taking the food off your table • So they can say that the trains run on time • Flashing lights, it's a real show • And your wife? I wouldn't go home • The little bundles need care • And you can't be a father there, father there • And I wish I, wish I knew the right words • To make you feel better, walk out of this place • Defeat them in your secret battle • Show them you can be your own man again • And I wish I, wish I knew the right words • To blow up the pokies and drag them away • 'Cause they're taking the food off your table • So they can say that the trains run on time • Another man there was made the trains run on time

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